The NAIA National Baseball Championship Opening Round has been announced and UHV is headed to Jackson, Miss. for its appearance in the national tournament.

The Jaguars (23-31) will enter as the fifth seed and will face Sterling (Kan.) in the opening game Monday. Game times have not been announced.

Joining the Jaguars in Jackson will be top-seeded Oklahoma Wesleyan, second seed Oklahoma City and host school Belhaven. All games will be played at Smith-Willis Stadium.

The Jackson bracket is one of nine, five-team opening round, double-elimination tournaments starting Monday. The nine winners will advance to the 58th annual Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho on May 23-30.